PROFESSOR JOHN FINNEY

Professor of Physics

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University College London

Gower Street

London WC1E 6BT

UK

Tel: (++44) (0) 20-76797850

Fax (++44) (0) 20-76790595

Email: john.finney@ucl.ac.uk

Nationality: British

Education

B.A. Natural Sciences (Physics), Jesus College Cambridge, 1964 (class I).

Ph.D. Crystallography, Birkbeck College London, 1968.

Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University of Leicester, 1965.

Career/Employment

Permanent appointments:

1993 - to date: Professor of Physics, University College London.

1988 - 1993: Chief Scientist (from 1990) and Head, Science Division, ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford, UK.

1986 - 1993: Professor of Crystallography (personal chair), Birkbeck College, London. [On secondment to SERC for above posts 1988 - 1993.]

1968 - 1985: Lecturer, then Reader (1977), Dept of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London.

1965 - 1968: Research Assistant to J.D. Bernal F.R.S., Birkbeck College, London.

Part time appointment:

1993 - 1996: Science Co-ordinator, European Spallation Source Project.

Visiting appointments:

1970 - 1971: Visiting Professor, Dept of Crystallography, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

1976: Associate Professor, Crystallography Laboratory, Université Aix-Marseille III, France.

1980: Guestprofessor, Dept of Structural Properties of Materials, The Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.

1985 - 1986: Visiting Scientist, Neutron Division, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford, UK.

1992 - 1993: Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, The Royal Institution, London.

2001: Visiting Researcher, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France.

2007: Visiting Scholar, Fukuoka University, Japan.

Specialization

(i) main field

Condensed matter physics: structures of liquids and disordered solids

(ii) other fields

Structures of the ices; the role of water in biological systems and processes

Nuclear waste disposal

(iii) current research interest

Neutron scattering studies of assembly and disassembly of amphiphiles in aqueous solutions

The interaction between science and policy making

The responsible and ethical application of science

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies

Fellow of the Institute of Physics

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Member British Crystallographic Association (Vice President 2004-2007)

Member British Biophysical Society

Member American Crystallographic Association

Member British Association for the Advancement of Science

Member British Association of British Science Writers

Member Liquids Board, European Physical Society (2000 – 2005)

Founding Governing Board Member, Euroscience (1997-2002)

Founding Editor, Euroscience News (1997 – 2002)

Vice President, Euroscience (2001 – 2002)

Chairman, British Pugwash Group (from 2008)

Treasurer, British Pugwash Group (2000-2008)

Member of Council, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (from 2007)

Member of Executive Committee, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (from 2007)

Member, Royal Society Standing Committee on Scientific Aspects of International Security 2002-2007

Chair Rammal Award Panel, 2004-2007

Bragg Lecturer, 2004-2005

Publications

- Number of papers in refereed journals: 212

- Number of communications to scientific meetings: Not known: estimate over 200.

- Books:

Coeditor of book series on Neutron Scattering (3 volumes published to date).

Coeditor of two journal special issues (Molecular Physics and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Biological Sciences).

Recent selected publications

J. L. Finney, D. T. Bowron, R. M. Daniel, P. A. Timmins, and M. A. Roberts. 'Molecular and mesoscale structures in hydrophobically driven aqueous solutions'. Biophysical Chemistry 105 (2003) 391–409.

John L. Finney. ‘Water? What's so special about it?’ Phil. Trans Roy. Soc. B: Biological Sciences, 359 (2004) 1145-1165

V. Kurkal, R. M. Daniel, John L. Finney, M. Tehei, R. V. Dunn, and Jeremy C. Smith. ‘Enzyme Activity and Flexibility at Very Low Hydration.’ Biophys. J. 89 (2005) 1282–1287.

Christoph G. Salzmann, Paolo G. Radaelli, Andreas Hallbrucker, Erwin Mayer and John L. Finney. ‘The Preparation and Structures of Hydrogen Ordered Phases of Ice.’ Science 311 (2006) 1758-1761.

E. C. Hulme, A. K. Soper, S. E. McLain and J. L. Finney. ‘The hydration of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in aqueous solution’.Biophys. J. 91 (2006) 2371-2380.

D. T. Bowron, J. L. Finney, A. Hallbrucker, I. Kohl, T. Loerting, E. Mayer, and A. K. Soper. ‘The local and intermediate range structures of the five amorphous ices at 80 K and ambient pressure: A Faber-Ziman and Bhatia-Thornton analysis’. J. Chem. Phys. 125 (2006) 194502.

J. L. Finney. ‘Joseph Rotblat: the Nuclear Physicist.’ In R. Braun, R. Hinde, D. Krieger, H. Kroto and S. Milne (Eds), Joseph Rotblat: Visionary for Peace. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007, pp 15-29.

D. T. Bowron and J. L. Finney. ‘Association and Dissociation of an Aqueous Amphiphile at Elevated Temperatures.’ J. Phys. Chem. B 111 (2007) 9838-9852

J. L. Finney. ‘Dual Use: Can We Learn from the Physicists’ Experience?’ In B. Rappert and C. McLeish (Eds), A Web of Prevention. Earthscan, London and Sterling VA, 2007, pp67-76

R. A. Hinde and J. L. Finney. ‘Sir Joseph (Józef) Rotblat 4 November 1908 – 31 August 2005’. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. 53, 309-326 (2007).